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1. IN A LETTER SORTING MACHINE OF THE KIND IN WHICH LETTERS ARE DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO A CODE AND IN WHICH THE LETTERS ARE FED ONE AT A TIME TO A GATE WHICH OPENS TO DELIVER EACH LETTER TO A FIRST CONVEYOR ARRANGED TO CARRY LETTERS SINGLY IN SUCCESSION, AND HAVING MEANS ARRANGED SELECTIVELY TO FEED EACH LETTER TO ONE OF AT LEAST TWO FURTHER CONVEYORS, PROVIDED WITH DIVERTERS AND OPERATING MEANS THEREFOR TO CAUSE SUCH LETTER TO BE DISCHARGED FROM A CONVEYOR BY A DIVERTER AT A POSITION DEPENDING ON THE DESTINATION OF SUCH LETTER, THE SAID OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING A TIME-DELAY DEVICE SET INTO OPERATION AT GATE OPENING AND ARRANGED TO DELAY DIVERTER OPERATION BY A TIME EQUAL TO THE TRANSIT TIME OF THE LETTER FROM THE GATE TO SUCH DIVERTER, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING COMMON MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATING AS A GROUP, EACH GROUP OF THOSE DIVERTERS WHICH ARE LOCATED ON DIFFERENT 